Universidad Técnica Estatal de

Quevedo
History of the English Language

The Norman
Settlement
By CHAUCA LOPEZ DEIVI
HOYOS VALDIVIEZO ISABEL
LOPEZ JAMA JEFFERSON
The Norman Settlement
Williams the Conqueror
● Williams was the legitimate son of Robert I,
Duke of Normandy because your father had
no interest in marrying.

● Shortly after the duke died returning from a

trip naming Williams duke of Normandy.
The Battle of
Hastings
● In 1066 King Edward died and
designated Harold Godwinson as
successor to the crown. After a
The crown of England while, Williams fought Harold and
this battle was won by Williams.
● The crown of England was in
trouble as King Edward the
Confessor would die without a
legitimate successor to his throne.
 1072
Only one of the 12 earls of England
was English and he was condemned to
death four years later.
For generations after the
Conquest the important positions
and the great estates were held by
Normans or men of foreign blood.

Wulfstan of Worcester was the

only Old English bishop who
retained his office until the end of
the Conqueror’s reign.

1075Thirteen of the twenty-one abbots

Cathedral Church of the Holy
and Undivided Trinity of Ely in
were English; twelve years later Cambridgeshire, England.
their number had been reduced to
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, France.
three.
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Foreign forces Norman baron Bishop of Ely
In chronicles of the time Each Norman baron Surrounding William king
one can find cases of was cared for by with an army of friends
foreign forces being numerous Norman and foreign soldiers.
brought to England but servants.
not staying long.

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Normans and French
Ecclesiastics people in England
Ecclesiastics sometimes
entered their office Their influence was so important because
accompanied by an armed the ruling class took power in the church as
band of supporters. in the state it was formed almost exclusively
by them.
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